I bought a brand new iMac on Tuesday. I'm pretty sure this will come as a surprise to some, so I figured I might as well offer some background information about this choice - maybe it'll help other people who are also pondering what to buy as their next computer.

Not really. Thom's been pretty "anti-corporate" overall, Apple just happens to be extra obnoxious. Most of the bashing is against iOS related things anyway. And also you're confusing a quantitative difference for a qualitative difference.

Uh no actually you seem confused on when to use qualitative and qualitative. There is no reason to use them in this discussion.

If you don't like how a company acts then don't support the company. It really is that simple. Companies live on income and by feeding them you endorse their behavior.